The Status of Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him)
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Question:
Between the two Shaykhs, what is your opinion of the one who says that the first ally of 'Adah in Islam was Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with them both)?
Answer:
How did he get out of prison? This is not a good statement. Mu'awiyah did not get out, and he is not one of the Khawarij. Rather, there were wars of ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) between him and 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) held that he was the Caliph, and Mu'awiyah held that he was demanding the blood of Uthman, demanding the handover of the killers who killed Uthman so that the legal penalty could be carried out against them. Each of them was a mujtahid (a scholar qualified to derive rulings) (may Allah the Exalted be pleased with them both). It is not permissible for us to enter into this matter and investigate it. Mu'awiyah is not one of the Khawarij, but rather he is one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and one of the Caliphs of the Muslims.
They say that he is the first king in Islam, considered among the kings, and he is the most just of the kings and the best of the kings (may Allah be pleased with him). In any case, he has virtues and noble qualities, and he falls under the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan Abi Dawud 4658Sahih (Al-Albani) a share. When some of the Salaf (the earliest generations) were asked, which is better, 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz or Mu'awiyah?
Between the two Shaykhs, what is your opinion of the one who says that the first ally of 'Adah in Islam was Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with them both)?
Answer:
How did he get out of prison? This is not a good statement. Mu'awiyah did not get out, and he is not one of the Khawarij. Rather, there were wars of ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) between him and 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) held that he was the Caliph, and Mu'awiyah held that he was demanding the blood of Uthman, demanding the handover of the killers who killed Uthman so that the legal penalty could be carried out against them. Each of them was a mujtahid (a scholar qualified to derive rulings) (may Allah the Exalted be pleased with them both). It is not permissible for us to enter into this matter and investigate it. Mu'awiyah is not one of the Khawarij, but rather he is one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and one of the Caliphs of the Muslims.
They say that he is the first king in Islam, considered among the kings, and he is the most just of the kings and the best of the kings (may Allah be pleased with him). In any case, he has virtues and noble qualities, and he falls under the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
Do not revile my Companions; by him in whose hand my soul is, if one of you contributed the amount of gold equivalent to Uhud, it would not amount to as much as the mudd of one of them
لا تسبوا أصحابي، وهو الذي نفسي بيده، لو أنفق أحدكم مثل أحد ذهبا، ما بلغ مد أحدهم ولا
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة باب سجود السهو وغيره — islamhouse.com (1:05:45)
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